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• Predictors of Site of Death of End-of-Life Patients: The Importance of Specificity in Advance Directives 

  Pekmezaris, Renee; Breuer, Lorraine; Zaballero, Arturo; Wolf-Klein, Gisele; Jadoon, Erum; D'Olimpio, James T.; Guzik, Howard; Foley, Cornelius J.; Weiner, Joseph; Chan, Susanna (2004-02)
• Death and Dying Sourcebook: Basic Consumer Health Information About End-of-Life Care and Related Perspectives and Ethical Issues, Including End-of-Life Symptoms and Treatments, Pain Management, Quality-of-Life Concerns, the Use of Life Support, Patients' Rights and Privacy Issues, Advance Directives, Physician-Assisted Suicide, Caregiving, Organ and Tissue Donation, Autopsies, Funeral Arrangements, and Grief, Along With Statistical Data, Information About the Leading Causes of Death, A Glossary, and Directories of Support Groups and Other Resources 

  Shannon, Joyce Brennfleck (2006)
• Advance Directives, Autonomy and Unintended Death 

  Stone, Jim (1994-07)

  This paper argues that living wills are typically nebulous and confused documents that do not effectively enable you to determine your future treatment. Worse, signing a living will can end your life in ways you never intended, ...